I wonder if the Claws-mail problems are caused by mail server settings. In my test it did not work until I checked the box for smtp authentication for sending mail. There is no restriction by the OS for sending on port 25, or any other outgoing traffic.

I see the problem with root terminal, will fix.

I'm leaning towards using smplayer as only media player, remove umplayer and exaile.

Fluxbox users, check out xdgmenumaker. I'm not well-versed with fluxbox, but if you guys came up with a nice configuration including a menu maker, that would be a nice addition.

@overthere, the previous file manager with apps folder must be pcmanfm. It is very nice, but with a dependency list much longer than that of spacefm. It is getting to be a struggle to keep the dep list from growing in all directions.

@Pita, that error could indicate a DNS problem, "smartbro.net" and "smtp.smartbro.net" are different servers. Try pinging smtp.smartbro.net

Claws-mail: not sure what to look for, as I'm unable to duplicate any of the reported problems. In a virtual machine that is. EDIT: I see it now: when using "preferences for current account" and clicking OK, it throws an error "Another claws-mail instance is already running". Then it times out and quits. This needs to be reported to the general VL 7.1 bug tracker.

My current, local dev setup is ahead of what is available on vlcore, when that system is done refreshing I'll upload the changes for a new ISO.